view mail zimlet fix for version 7.1.4 and 8

As a workaround you can get it from the Network edition (cf. bug report).
Maybe also from FOSS 7.1.4, I didn't try as yet.

Edit:
no such zimlet in 7.1.4
I attached the zimlet's zip file so you don't need to download the whole network zcs.
The zimlet also works for:8.0.0_GA_5434.FOSS (thanks to troublemaker for testing)
To be complete I added the zimlet from version 8 (from zcs-NETWORK-8.0.0_GA_5434.UBUNTU12_64.20120907144808).

How to:

download the zip file for your version (and make sur you're currently logged in the zimbra forum).
for Zimbra 8: rename the zip file to read com_zimbra_viewmail.zip

deploy the zimlet in your Zimbra admin console

log out and back in to the console: the view mail button should be there.

Similar problem for me. Completed a fresh install of ZCS 8.0 ( Release 8.0.0_GA_5434.RHEL6_64_20120907144639 UNKNOWN FOSS edition) (AWS AMI) and noticed when I logged in as 'Admin' the 'View Mail' option was not where it was described in the documentation:
"-Go to Manage>Accounts.
-Select the account to view and in the gear icon click View Mail. The account mailbox is opened in a new window."

Thank you ! It worked for me. All I had to do was to rename the zip file in com_zimbra_viewmail.zip and then import it via the administration console. Logout from webadmin and login again activates it.

As a workaround you can get it from the Network edition (cf. bug report).
Maybe also from FOSS 7.1.4, I didn't try as yet.

Edit:
no such zimlet in 7.1.4
I attached the zimlet's zip file so you don't need to download the whole network zcs.
The zimlet also works for:8.0.0_GA_5434.FOSS (thanks to troublemaker for testing)
To be complete I added the zimlet from version 8 (from zcs-NETWORK-8.0.0_GA_5434.UBUNTU12_64.20120907144808).

Works perfectly. I'm running VMware Zimbra Version 8.0.0_GA_5434.FOSS
I used com_zimbra_viewmail_v8.zip, renamed to com_zimbra_viewmail.zip and deployed. After logout/login the menu contains View Mail
Thank you!

Works perfectly. I'm running VMware Zimbra Version 8.0.0_GA_5434.FOSS
I used com_zimbra_viewmail_v8.zip, renamed to com_zimbra_viewmail.zip and deployed. After logout/login the menu contains View Mail
Thank you!

I'd like to ask the Original Poster to add this instruction to the main page, as other users might have a few question marks deploying the v8. The file MUST BE RENAMED from com_zimbra_viewmail_v8.zip to com_zimbra_viewmail.zip after it is downloaded, or deployment won't work.